AFC 致力于改变教育政策，以便公立学校系统能够服务于 全部 儿童有效。我们发布政策报告和数据分析，在市和州两级作证，在媒体上发声，让人们关注我们所服务的学生和家庭面临的挑战，并与其他倡导者、家长、青少年和教育工作者一起呼吁改变。
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AFC 向市议会教育委员会作证，表达了我们对截至 2022 年 6 月 800 名患有严重残疾的学龄前儿童的担忧，这些儿童正在等待法定的学前特殊教育班的席位。
纽约儿童倡导者 (AFC) 执行董事 Kim Sweet 针对纽约市 2022 年纽约州英语语言艺术 (ELA) 测试成绩的发布发表了以下声明，该成绩显示，只有 36% 的黑人和西班牙裔学生、18% 的残疾学生和 13% 的 3-8 年级英语语言学习者 (ELL) 具有熟练的阅读能力。
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education about the serious obstacles that students with disabilities and their families continue to experience every day on the ground. Every day, Advocates for Children hears from parents struggling to get their children with disabilities the education they need.
AFC testified before the City Council Committee on Education about the impact of school budget cuts, calling on the City to restore funding for school budgets and also continue key investments targeted to students with the greatest needs.
AFC submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights recommending changes to the federal regulations implementing Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
AFC submitted comments to the State Education Department supporting changes to regulations to increase the minimum number of hours of home instruction and establish a new process for requesting home instruction, as well as suggesting further changes.
纽约儿童倡导者 (AFC) 联合 30 多个组织呼吁市政府履行承诺，配备一支完整的教育部团队，致力于满足寄养学生的独特教育需求，并履行法律规定的为这些群体提供校车服务的义务。
Advocates for Children of New York testified before the City Council Committee on Education and Committee on Oversight and Investigations regarding our deep concerns about school budget cuts.
2022 年 6 月的数据分析估计，超过 329,000 名公立学校学生的父母不说流利的英语，并呼吁教育部 (DOE) 投资建立永久性的中央移民家庭沟通系统。该分析使用美国人口普查局美国社区调查 (ACS) 的数据来说明需要采取多方面的沟通方法，而不仅仅是将翻译文件在线提供。
Advocates for Children of New York (AFC) joined more than 200 organizations and individuals in calling on Mayor Adams to invest $5 million to continue the Mental Health Continuum, an innovative, evidence-based model for supporting students with significant mental health needs by integrating a range of direct services and developing stronger partnerships between schools and hospital-based mental health clinics.